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    American DJ 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles CA. 90058 www .americandj.com Revised 9/01 User Instructions Unpacking: Thank you for purchasing the Utopia 250S ™ by Ameri- can DJ ® . Every Utopia 250S ™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition. Carefully check the ship- ping carton for damage that may have oc[...]

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    © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 3 Utopia 250S™ Halogen Lamp W arning This fixture is fitted with halogen lamps which are highly susceptible to damage if improperly handled. Never touch the lamps with your bare fingers as the oil from your hands will shorten lamp life. Also, never move the fixture u[...]

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    © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 6 © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 5 Utopia 250S™ Controls and Functions REAR FRONT 2 8 9 10 5 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 3 1 7 6 7 14 15 1 13 12 1. Thumb Screw - This thumb screw holds the lamp socket assembl[...]

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    Universal DMX Control: This function allows you to use a universal DMX 512 controller as the American DJ ® DMX Operator™ or Show Designer . ™ to control mirror movement and the color/gobo wheel. The use of a DMX controller will allow you to customize the use of fixtures allowing you to control the rotation direction as well as the rotation spe[...]

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    © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 9 Utopia 250S™ Operation 2. Follow the chart on page 14 for proper unit dip switch settings. 3. The optional Utopia/C Blackout Mini-Controller may be used with this function for black[...]

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    Utopia 250S™ Fuse & Lamp Replacement © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 1 1 © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 12 Caut ion: Alwa ys r ep lace with t he exact same type lam p and fuse, unless otherwise spec ified b y an authori zed American D J ® tec h[...]

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    © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 14 Utopia 250S™ Cleaning Utopia 250S™ T rouble Shooting Fix ture Cl eaning : Due to f og residue, smok e, and dust cleaning the internal and e x ternal optical lenses and mirror should be carried out periodically to optimize ligh t output. Cleaning frequency depend[...]

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    © American DJ ® - www .americandj.com - Utopia 250S™ Instruction Manual Page 15 X = OFF O = ON #9 #8 #7 #6 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 36 4 9 6 1 2 8 1 6 0 1 9 2 224 256 28 83 2 0 35 2 384 416 448 480 13 3 6 5 9 7 1 2 9 1 6 1 1 9 3 225 257 28 93 2 1 35 3 385 417 449 481 23 4 6 6 9 8 130 16 2 194 226 2 58 290 322 354 38 6 418 4 50 482 33 5 6 7 9 9 1 3 1 1 6 [...]